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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16

A ''STRADIVARIUs" CONCERT.-Music
lovers, the world over, will be interested to
know of the chamber concerts given here
recently by the Duke and Duchess de Cham
poselice. tits not known that the like were
ever given in the world before, certainly
not in Paris. The distinguishing feature
was not the quality or length of the pro-
gramme, but the fact that all the instru-
ments were made by the great Stradivarius.
The duke is conn0isseur in all respects
musical, and has spent much time and mon
ey in securing specimens of the Italian ma
ker's work. The musicians who took part
in his chamber concerts gladly laid aside
their own instruments to use those that the
duke placed before them, and the result was
such an Interpretation of the best quar-
tets of Beethoven, Schumann and Mendels-
sohn as has never been equaled, IN respect
of sorority and richness of tone, at least.
The duke owns eight instruments of Strad-
ivarius, among which is violin recently
bought in England for the modest sum OF
$4,000 francs, or, to put it more comprehen-
sibly, $4,000. 1t was known in London as
Bets Strad, because Bets had bought it over
sixty years ago for FL, about So. 1t was
made in 1904, and has been so we'll preserv-
ed that it looks almost like new violin.
The duke is arranging for other concerts, in
which he expects to utilize. his eight instru-
ments in the performance of Mendelsohn's
octette. The number of violin collectors is
not great, but their passion is, and 1T is that
that puts the price to such an extravagant
height. Among the most inveterate COL
lectors of this city is woman whom few
seem to know much about, except that she
is always ready to strike bargain for an
ancient instrument. Much of her trading
is done on the street.-Paris Letter.
VALUE OF DEEP BREATHING.-Deep
breathing and holding the breath is an item
of importance Persons of weak vitality
find an uninterrupted succession of deep and
rapid respiration so distressing that they
are discouraged from persevering in the ex-
ercise. Letsuch persons take into the lungs
as much air as they can at breath, and
hold it as long as they can. They will find
a grateful sense of relief in the whole ab-
dominal region. Practice will increase the
ability to hold the breath and the capacity
of the lungs This is done by taking and
holding the long breath and then forcing
more air down the trachea by swallows of
air. The operation may be described by
that of fsh's mouth in water. TO those
who have never learned it, it will be sur
prising to what an extent the lungs may be
packed. Caution at first is needful, but
later practice will warrant large use of the
treatment. The whole thoracle and abdom-
inal cavities will receive immediate haDft,
and continuance with temperance in easeng
and good air and right exercise, will bring
welcome improvement
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16
.PPIICaTION FOR DISCHARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned'
y Administrators of the estate of JOHN Dl'
LIN, deceased, has made final settlement WIN
the Jud~e of Probate for York county, and on
the 18th day of February 1887, at II o'clock NJ,
will make application for final discharge from
liability as Administrators of the said estate.
MARY J. DULIN,
Administrators with Will annexed.
January l2 oI
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CONDITIONS,

The three Premiums mentioned above will be
awarded on the following conditions:
The person getting up the largest club OF year.
ly subscribers to the ENQUIRER, at $500 per
annum, for each subscriber, will be entitled to
the first choice of one of the above Premiums;
the person getting up the second largest club, at
the same price, to the second choice; the person
getting up the third largest club, to the third
choice.
The time for completing clubs under the above
offer is limited to l o'clock P. NJ, on the SEC
OND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887. Competi-
tors NAV begin to secure subscribers at once
the time of subscription to commence whichever
the name is handed in. The money for each
subscriber is expected to be paid at the time the
name is entered upon our books, and no name
will be counted in competition for a premium
and no premium delivered until the su description
price has been paid.
To persons who make up clubs of ten or more
names, but who may fail to obtain one of the
above premiums, we will send the ENQUIRER
one year free of charge, and to those who send
q club of twenty or more names, but who may
fail to get premium, will forward the EN-
QUIRER one year free of charge, and copy, one
year, Of any weekly newspaper or monthly
magazine published in the United States, the
publication to be selected by the person entitled
to receiveit.
1t is not necessary that the names of a club
should all be at the same post-otlice. Names
may be taken at any number of places. One
name for two years will be equivalent TO TWO
names for one year each.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us
at the expense of those sending them.
We will be responsible for the safe transmits
sion Of money only when sent by draft, regis
tered letter or money order drawn on the York
Vile post-office.
In sending names, write plainly, giving post
office, county and State.
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the
expiration of the time paid for.
4 separate list will be kept for each club-ma-
ker, who will be credited with every name sent,
so that the number sent by any one person can
be ascertained at a moments notice.
Persons who commence making clubs, will
not be permitted, after the names have been en-
tered on our books, to transfer the names to
another club maker list.
Mss- The time in which additions may be made
to clubs under this proposition, will expire on
the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887:
Therefore, persons who desire the benefit of
club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper
before that date, as after the expiration of that
time it will not be furnished for less than $3.50
unless new clubs are formed
All letters should be addressed to
l.. Nj. GRIST, Yorkville, s. G..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16

SMALL BREEDS OF FoWLs.-Though
small in size, the Leghorns and Hamburgs
grow rapidly and mature early. Itrequires
some time before large fowl attains its full
size. The advantage of the small breeds is,
that they permit US to make "short cut"
to the laying point, though they may be de-
ficient in weight. So far as the cost is con-
cerned, it has been demonstrated that it re-
quires no more food for a large fowl than
small one, compared with the product.
That is, we can produce as many pounds of
Leg horn meat as we can of Cochin meat
with the same proportion of food, but in
laying qualities the small breeds are supe-
rior, as the are usually non-sitters, and lay
large eggs. Another advantage with them
is that, being 81 lall, large number can be
kept together, as they require less room on
the roost. Being active they do not become
excessively fat, and if allowed to run at
large they will pick up large proportion
of their food during favorable seasons. Be-
ing unusually clean-legged, they are not as
subject to scabby legs as the Asiatics, and if
kept warm in winter they lay about as we'll
during the cold season as in SUMNER
american AgriculturtSt.
COTToN SEED OIL.-The consumption of
cotton-seed oil has reached a surprising mag
nitude within the pastfeW years. 1t stands
to-day the great competitor of lard and tai
low. In fact, its use in the arts has depress-
ed the price of talloW to less than four cents
per pound, which is not more than sixty per
cent. of the average price OF many years
past. Enormous quantities of cOttOn-seed
oil are sold to European buyers as stearine
grease at about q cents per pound in New
York. Nearly all the soap manufactured
in this country now is made from cotton
seed oil. The oil is cheaper than talloW or
grease even at their reduced prices, and
hence, as a result of its introduction, the
price of common soaps is ten to fifteen per
cent. less than three years ago.
FARMERS CLUBs.-The Boston CuHirator
AYERS that 1.-The benefits of farmers clubs are
so great that one should be organized in ev-
ery rural neighborhood. These local clubs
may not be widely heralded or their reports
.publishedin the papers, but they may prove
even more useful to their participants than
more pretentious organizations. A local
has the advantage that each member knows
his neighbor and his methods of farming
There is little chance in these for theorists
to air their views with popular applause,
while all the neighborhood knows well that
their fine theories are often fatty contradict
ed by the practice of the most slOveny y and
unfarmerlike methods"
@- These points as to his method are Civ
en- bv q farmer who knows how to raise 400
bushels of potatoes to the acre: Rich, light
soil; plow deep early in the spring; plant
fifteen inches apart; cover four inches deep
or more; keep down the weeds, but do not
work the ground after the potatoes begin to
bloom. The main secret, he says, is in Sc
lecting the seed. He always cuts off the
blossom end. One eye will yield more po-
tatoeS than two.
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TAX RETURNS FOR Iss6-s7.
AUDITORS OFFICE, YORK COUNTY,
T s. r, IA6aasaahas lSSG

AUDllOhS . off LIE. 1ohN CoCNI1 1,
YoRKvILLE, S. c., December l, 1886.
CCORDING to law, the TAX BOOKS OF
n YORK COUNTY, for the fiscal year COM
mencing November lst, 1886, will be open from
JANUARY 1ST, 1887, UNTIL FEBRUAR!
GOTH, 1887, inclusive, The Auditor will attend
at the following places and times to take the tax
returns of the several taxpayers of York coun
ty for the fiscal year 1886.
At Yorkville, from January 81, to February
20, 1887, inclusive.
At which time the Books will close and penal
ty attach to all delinquents
All residents in York county, between the
ages of q and so, are liable to poll tax.
w. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor.
nooop,bor1 AZ IF
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16
HAD HIS MIND READ.

81 suppose vhas shwindle some more,"
sorrowfully remarked Mr.. Dunder as he paid
visit to Sergeant Bendall yesterday.
'Not doubt of it. What's your story ?"
"Do you pellet dot a man can read some
pody's mind?"
aWell, I've heard of mind-readers."
$50 has Shake, und he goes crazy about it:
takes all winter. He practice leedle on
me, und vhas astonished."
"But about the swindle?"
night when vhas all alone. Vhas I Carl
D1nder? I vhas. All right, one of dot
pair vhas mind-reader, und he like to gif
|. lne some points. He doan' do it by every
pody, but vhas such friendt of der poor
dot he like to oblige me. Vhell, Sergeant,
dot seems all right, und we lock der door
und sot down. ! vhas plindfolded NIT
handkerchief und der mind-reader says:
/ Now, Mr.. Dunder, you fix your mind
on some subject shust so hardt as you can,
und keep awful shtill. If you take dot
pandage off or shump aroundt dot preaks
me all oop.'
sVhell, Sergeant, 1 fix my mind on dot
time falls off my parn on Hastings shtreet,
und maype two minutes goes by und no.
body shpeaks to me. Den der oldt woman
comes downstairs und I take off der pand-
age. Dose mans vhas gone"
.And what else?"
HTwo boxes of cigars and fife pottles of
whisky. Vhas it shWindle on me?"
81 should smile! Mr.. Dunder, you are
very soft"
sergeant look in my eye! vhas going
home. Tonight some-pody Will drop in.
Vhas Carl Dunder? I vhas. All right.
Mr.. Dunder, like to read"
"Yes."
"Dot vhas all, Sergeant! If some inquest
vhas heldt you remember dot l vhas
shWindled man, und dot kildt him in self
defense !"-DetroH Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16
ADWINTSTRATRIX' NOTICE.

TIyHE Creditors of j. BEATTY Williams,
claims within the time prescribed by law. All
persons indebted to his estate Will make pay
ment without delay.
JANE B. WILLIAMS, Administrative,
Yorkville, S. C.
February 2 y 3C
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16

myIn an article addressed, "To the Girl
who cannot 60 to College," by Louise Man
ming Hodgkins, in the Christian Union, the
following occurs: "To know one subject in
a masterful way will remove you forever
from the ranks Of uninteresting or uneduca-
ted people. In electing study to pursue at
home, take that which gives most delight,
and fill yourself full of it,"
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BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR

Is strictly Vegetable Compound, and is the
studied prescription of a most learned physician
whose specially was WOMAN, and whose fame
became enviable and boundless because OF his
wonderful success in the treatment and cure OF
female complaints. Suffering woman, it will re-
lieve you of nearly all the complaints peculiar to
your sex.
For sale by druggists. Write for book on Fe-
male Diseases to
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
August II :2 ~
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THE HOWE MACHINE C0MPANY'S
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ssNEW HOWE
WHICH IS THE BEST
SEWING MACHINE
EVER MADE,

T. CALL special attention to the following fea-
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Prices within the reach Of all. Call and get a
descriptive circular, and see the machine, which
is always on exhibition at my Photographic
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The Aurkrille &uquirer.


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ally there are about seven words in line.
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l Superb Flesh Producer and Tonic
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Bradfeld's
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VJNHIS famous remedy most happily meets the
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NOTICE.
To All Whom 1t May Concern

PURSUANT to the order of the Court of Com
fer Steele
ct al" notice is hereby given that the proper
parties required to call for the following divi-
dends, to wit:
One-half FL Fa., Thos. Davies VS.. VIM. McLnre
and Moses Lindsay y.......................$59 1892 80
Lindsay & Gordon so 60
James w. Nelson, .......................... 8 so
W. B. Ashe 26 so
S. c.. Youngblood, Executor, ,.......... 13 so
J. H. Tobit .............. % so
r. Springs Moore, deceased, .............. 2S5 10
Heirs of Mary Nance, deceased ....... II 25
And notice is hereby also given, that order
will be made by the Court, at its next Term, to
distribute to other creditors, who have proved
claims, the balance then on hand of the fund
now held to pay unclaimed dividends.
York C. H., S. c., November 30, 1886.
JOS. f. WALLACE, Clerk.
December 49 Am
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Ant1nrnlls 9epartuaemt.
THE YOUNG MAN WHO SHOWED OFF,

The other day q young man about 20 years
Of age accompanied by girl two or three
years younger, reached Norristown by
Schuylkill Valley train, and after looking
around for few hours, bought some light
cakes for lunch and returned to the depot.
The fellow was heard Dragging good deal
as to what he had done and could do, and
walked up to q policeman and handed him
four five-eent cigars, and said:
.sThat's my girl in there"
'sShe just thinks her eyes of me-"
Csc? ?b
s'I've never had q chance to show her how
I'd die for her if necessary, and seems to
me we might put up little job right here"
"How?"
ssWell, suppose me and her walk out to
see the river. I leave her for moment.
Some chap comes along and begins to chin
her. rush back and knock him into the
middle of next week. She'd want to marry
me within a week. Girls of her age just
dote on heroes, your know"
Eyes they, do"
ssWell, you help me. You pick out some
chap around here and tell him what Pm up
to and won't mind standing treat for all
hands. When rush on him he'd better
rum"
Five minutes later the girl stood on the
Swede street abutnent alone. A fellow big
enough to pitch barrel of -four over
freight car approached in a careless way,
and observed:
"Fne day, miss?"
"Yes sir.'
sNice view of Bridgeport"
'tYes, indeed"
"May u offer you some peppermint
loz-?"
Just then the young man came rushing
down. When he came within ten feet of
the pair he cried out:
s'Villain! take your leave or I'll toss you
into the river!"
aOh, guess not" carelessly replied the
other.
uBase scoundrel! I am here to rescue
this young girl from your clutchesw
"Don't bust any buttons off, my young
cub!''
The young man made dash. He had to
/ or wilt. He rushed at the big chap with
his arm appraised and heroism in his eye,
and the next minute he was picked up and
tossed over among lot of weeds as care
i fully as if he had been glass. Then the big
man raised his cap to the girl, smiled sweet
{ ly as he bowed and scraped his foot, and he
was ont of sight before the young man re-
covered sufficient to call out:
minnie, did kill him 90
"No, Henry"
sThank Heaven that am not guilty Of
murder! Let him beware, however. An
other time may not be able to restrain
mysefD-Nationm Defender.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16

A GREAT CoNDENsER.-Lieut Maury, an
ex-United States and eX-Confederate naval
officer. in a work called ''The Physical Ge-
ography of the Sea-" shows the similarity
of the condensing process going on on the
surface of our globe, to steam engine.
The dry winds of the tropics, passing over
the vast ocean area at the equator, take up
the water in large quantities by evaporation.
This region, being the hottest, the air laden
with this moisture rises and is carried to the
regions of the poles. There it is condensed
by the cooler temperature, comes down in
rain and runs through the water sheds back
into the ocean to 60 through the same pro-
cess anew.
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PHOTOGRAPHY.

I would inform the public that am yet max
ing PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles;
Also. Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of
pictures. Pictures by the Photographic process.
enlarged, and all work done in the best style Of
the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West
Liberty street, near the Jail.
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c. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD
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CCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
y from Newton, n. c., to Chester, S. c., taking
effect at IL o'clock, Noon, Sunday, December
l9th 1886:
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TRIAL BY JURY,

Trial by Jury was introduced into Eng
land during the Saxon heptarchy, mention
being made OF six Welsh and six Anglo
Saxon freemen appointed to try causes be-
tween the English and Welsh men of prop
erty, and made responsible with their whole
estates, real and personal, for false verdlcts.
BY most authorities the institution fjuries
is ascribed to Alfred. about SS6. In Magma
Charta, juries were insisted on as the great
bulwark of the peoples liberty. Accord
ing to statute %. Edward III, 1853, it was
born, the Jury will be one-half deniZens and
the other half aliens" BY the common
law a prisoner upon Indictment or appeal
might challenge peremptorily thirty-tive,
being under three juries, but lord of Par
Lament, and a peer of the realm, who is to
be tried by his peer, cannot challenge any
of his peers. "lt is said Ueon Dyer) that
in early times the suitors used to feed the
Jury impaneled in their action, and hence
arose the common law of denying susten-
ance to a jury after the hearing OF the evil
dence. A jury may be detained during the
pleasure of the judge if they cannot agree
upon verdict; and may be confined with
out meat, drink or fire, candle light except
ed, until they are unanimous. Some jurors
have been fined for having fruit in their
pUCkClS WISll CiiCy NClC owl ~ WI
slider of their verdict, though they did not
eat it," Phillip says: ga jury at Sudbury
not being able to agree and having been
sometime under duress, forcibly broke from
the court where they were locked up, and
went home October 8, 179l." In Scotland
Guernsey, Jersey and France, juries decide
by majority; in France, since 1881, ma
iOrity of two thirds is required.
VARIOUS REASONS AssIGNED.-There
have been numerous reasons given to &C
count for the fact that the north sides OF
graveyards are so often devoid OF graves
In the west of England there is an idea that
the north side was not consecrated, but was
left for playground for the children. Then,
some say that it is from the tradition that
Jesus, when dying, turned his head to the
south. Another reason given is that the
south is the sunny side where the church
door is commonly placed, and consequent
ly, where most people pass. The common
est reason appears to be that formerl y muir
derers, excommunicated persons, stillborn
children, etc., were wont to be buried on
the north side, and some say that ghosts al
ways choose the north side for their pere-
CARNATIONS. There is, however, an ecclesias-
tical reason. The east is Gods side where
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TAX RETURNS-.ISS6.

AUDITORS OFFICE, YORK COUNTY, S. c.,
January II, 1887.
WILL attend in person or by deputy, at NEE
LY & SONS STORE, Ebenezer township,
on SATURDAY, February 10th, 1887, to receive
TAN RETURNS for the year 1886.
w. B. WILLIAMS, County Auditor.
anuary l9 3 5t